Turkmenistan Dashogus N 41.84483° E 59.93236°
After our tour we again hit the road following our guide this time towards the town of Dashogus, the capital of the Dashogus province, another border town, the town where the guide lives and where we were going to spend the night. The guide had arranged for us to park the truck at one of the local hotels (the UZBOY), have dinner and breakfast in the hotel and generally use their facilities.
Turkmenistan Devils Gate N 40.25119° E 58.43679°
We camped a few hundred meters from the crater behind a small hill to get some protection from the craters hot exhaust gas. The top of that same hill also gave a good view of the crater.
Turkmenistan Ashgabat N 37.88416° E 58.36265° At one point we were stopped by one of the numerous police patrols and told that "trucks cannot go this way". Eventually our guide convinced the policeman and we continued on our way to the Aziya Hotel on the southern side of the city. We were a little disapointed with the hotel. Old Soviet style hotel with no wifi, hot water that is only luke warm, but it is close to the road we need to get to Iran.